DirectBuy, the leading members-only showroom and home design centers in Canada, not only sells “outdoor kitchen” units and other accessories at manufacturer’s low prices, but also offers some helpful pointers on selecting the right equipment and setup for your home.

For starters, when it comes to selecting a grill, DirectBuy recommends considering:

? Stainless steel gas or charcoal grills (more…)

One does not generally associate nudist colonies or access to nudist beaches with good old Roman Catholic Ireland. You will find them in Spain, France Italy, Croatia and many other enlightened European countries but in Ireland, surely no?  Anyway (more…)

The Aztec word macehualtin designated the people that did not belong to the upper social spheres (artisans, traders, and government officials), but excluded the sphere of the slaves. The word is derived from the verb macehualo, which means “work to earn”, or “work to deserve”. In modern nahuatl, the word has a pejorative meaning, but in the early Aztec times, the word did not have such context. There are variou (more…)

Punta de Tiburon, translated as Shark’s Point, was the Spanish name for the town now known as Tiburon. Originally a Miwok Indian Village, Tiburon prospered as a Spanish Land Grant settlement, and later became a bustling railroad town in the 1800’s. Today Tiburon is a busy waterfront town, reminiscent of a quaint New England fishing village. Upscale shopping, art galleries, and waterside dining charm visitors and residents alike (more…)

UPANISHADS –“Ahimsa is not causing pain to any living being at any time through the actions of one’s mind, speech or body.”

UPANISHADS –“Meditation is in truth higher than thought. The earth seems to rest in silent meditation; and the waters and the mountains and the sky and the heavens seem all to be in meditation. Whenever a man attains greatness on this earth he has his re (more…)